Starting MIPTV on a Sunday (not just any Sunday, but Palm Sunday), with 500 fewer attendees than last year; coupled with a climate of cautious buying, had certainly cast a gloom on the market. Still, there are reasons to celebrate, and deals of all sizes to close, as TV ASIA Plus reveals in this issue. China received massive attention; as massive as the billboard of CCTV-9 that engulfed the Palais’ façade. Note to Reed MIDEM: a Meet-the-experts-from-China session in one of the … [Read more...] about Any Given Sunday
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A+E Networks closes MIPTV deals
New York – On the heels of MIPTV 2012, A+E Networks has finalised multiple volume licensing agreements with broadcasters in Asia Pacific. Deals were closed in China with multiple partners including: ICS Channel who picked up Cities of the Underworld and Engineering an Empire, among several other titles; Phoenix Channel acquired Coming Home, Swamp People and Titanic’s Final Moments: Missing Pieces and others; and CCTV picked up Swamp People, How the Earth Was Made, Food Tech, and … [Read more...] about A+E Networks closes MIPTV deals
MIPTV: Gaumont International concludes deals for Hannibal
Los Angeles – Gaumont International Television (GIT) has finalized a deal with the ProSiebenSat.1 Group. The broadcaster has acquired the exclusive Free-TV rights to the 13-episode series Hannibal for its German-speaking and Scandinavian TV stations. The series will be available on the ProSiebenSat.1 stations in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, and Denmark from 2013. Hannibal is a drama series produced for NBC, exploring the unique and riveting early relationship of Thomas … [Read more...] about MIPTV: Gaumont International concludes deals for Hannibal
News@MIPTV: The transformation of TV
Cannes – New platforms and expanding global markets are driving new blockbuster TV content deals ranging from formats, scripted series and international co-productions to factual and experimental media. With 11,000 executives, including 4,000 buyers from more than 100 territories in town representing all aspects of the new eco-system of the entertainment business, the global transformation of TV was clearly visible at this year’s MIPTV and offered a multitude of new business … [Read more...] about News@MIPTV: The transformation of TV
Breaking@MIPTV: Likers.tv signs first Asian deal
Cannes – Likers.tv, the first-of-its-kind, social media-based on-screen advertising platform, has been picked up by leading Mongolian broadcaster Mongol TV. Likers.tv, which aims to establish substantial incremental revenue streams for both brands and broadcasters, will bridge the gap between TV and the ‘second screen’. Comprising a LIVE advertising ticker at the bottom of the TV screen overlaid onto existing programming, the platform displays pictures and names of a … [Read more...] about Breaking@MIPTV: Likers.tv signs first Asian deal
Breaking@MIPTV: Reigning Miss World Ivian Sarcos visits Cannes to support Venevision International
Cannes - The reigning Miss World Ivian Sarcos is present at MIPTV this morning at the invitation of Venevision International and the Miss Venezuela Organisation. This is her first visit to Cannes. Speaking to TV Asia Plus, Sarcos is grateful for the support rendered by the Venevision company, whom she calls "family." "They have given me great support right from the start, and they continue to help me still," said Sarcos. When Sacros returned home after winning the crown last December, … [Read more...] about Breaking@MIPTV: Reigning Miss World Ivian Sarcos visits Cannes to support Venevision International